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Why We Are Sharing Abacha's Loot With the Poor - Nigerian Govt

The presidency has explained that the decision to share the U.S.$322 million recovered from former military ruler Sani Abacha among the poor, follows a Memorandum of Understanding signed with the Swiss government and a network of civil society organizations, to lift people out of poverty.

Nigeria: Plan to Redistribute Recovered Corruption Money Needs a Rethink

The Conversation Africa, 18 July 2018

The Nigerian government has announced that USD$322 million (£244 million) stolen by Nigeria's former military ruler, Sani Abacha, has been returned by the Swiss authorities.… Read more »
Nigeria: Why We're Disbursing Abacha's Loot to Lift People Out of Poverty - Buhari

Vanguard, 11 July 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari says the federal government signed the Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with the World bank and Switzerland to lift people out of poverty. Read more »

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Nigeria: Abacha $322 Million Loot - Reps Step Down Bill

Vanguard, 12 July 2018

The House of Representatives, yesterday, stepped down a Bill seeking to convert the Federal Government's share of the $322million recovered loot of former military Head of State,… Read more »
Nigeria: Abacha Loot - How Cash Transfer Programme Will Work, Says Osinbajo

This Day, 12 July 2018

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, wednesday disclosed that the cash transfer programme involving the recovered $322 million Abacha loot will be stringently monitored to… Read more »
Nigeria: Recovered Abacha Loot - Before the Sharing Begins

This Day, 11 July 2018

The federal government should consider investing the funds recovered from the late former Head of State, General Sani Abacha, in infrastructural development, as this will help in… Read more »
Kenya: Govt Signs Deal to Return Stolen Wealth From Switzerland

VOA, 11 July 2018

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Swiss counterpart Alain Berset have signed an agreement aimed at helping Kenya recover illegally acquired assets that were stashed in Swiss… Read more »
Nigeria: Cash Transfers and the Abacha Loot

Guardian, 10 July 2018

The return of what may be the last tranche of the Abacha loot and the decision of the federal government to distribute that loot directly to 302,000 poor households kicked off a… Read more »
Nigeria: Group Explains Distribution of Abacha Loot Among Poor Nigerians

Premium Times, 9 July 2018

The federal government's decision to share the $322.5 million recovered Abacha loot to poor Nigerians was agreed with the Swiss government, the African Network for Environment and… Read more »
Nigeria: Again, PDP Alleges Fraud in Handling of $322 Million Abacha Loot

Premium Times, 9 July 2018

The main opposition political party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday, latched on the lingering controversy over the $322 million repatriated Abacha loot to criticise… Read more »
Nigeria: Abacha's Repatriated Loot - Matters Arising

Vanguard, 9 July 2018

The actual amount stolen from Nigeria's Treasury between 1993-8, by former Military Dictator, Sanni Abacha, may never be known. Nonetheless, Amnesty International, for example, has… Read more »

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Lawmakers to Probe Abacha Loot Spending Since 1998

The House of Representatives has resolved to set up an ad-hoc committee to investigate the total amount recovered from late head of state Sani Abacha from 1998 to date. The ... Read more »
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Govt to Share Abacha's Loot with Poor Nigerians

The government has announced plan to disburse U.S$322 million recovered from former head of state Sani Abacha in Switzerland to Nigerians. The Swiss government claims that there is ... Read more »
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Why We Are Sharing Abacha's Loot With the Poor - Nigerian Govt

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